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RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
JOINT FACILITIES OPERATING COMMITTEE MEETING
September 21, 2006
Attendees:
Winter Park West: Jon Westerlund, Bob Dart, Tom Newton
Fraser Sanitation: Steve Sumrall, Robin Wirsing
Grand County No.1: Bob Wolf, Vince Turner
Others Present:
John Walker, Joe Fuqua, Kirk Klancke, Bruce Hutchins, Alison Naschak
The meeting was called to order by Bob Wolf at 6 pm.
Minutes of February 16,2006 were approved with amotion by Vince Turner and seconded by Steve Sumrall.
Motion carried.
Attorney Report: John Walker updated the Committee with regarding the status of the permit for Well No.2.
He reminded the Committee that a request was made in March 2006 for an extension of time to complete the
well construction and pump installation reports that were required before the permit expires. He noted that the
permit expires March 10,2007. The required information was provided to the State in April of2006 and since
he has not received any additional correspondence from the State, he felt that all the requirements have been
met and the matter is complete. He will follow up one more time to confIrm this.
..:007 Budget: After brief discussion, Vince Turner motioned and Jon Westerlund seconded the motion to
approve the Operations and Maintenance budget for 2007. Motion carried.
Superintendent Update: Joe noted that the plant is running well. The centrifudge needed to be repaired, but it is
now working great. He obtained an estimate from Integra for repair of the SBR, but feels that he needed to
pursue getting information from a couple other engineering firms before any decisions are made on what needs
to be done and who will do the work. Committee members discussed plant capacity and how that is evaluated
once the SBR is fixed, and how that affects future plant expansions. The Committee asked John Walker to
review the JFOC contract to confirm the procedure for increasing capacity when one or more of the Districts
either do not need additional capacity to determine how each District buys capacity in the plant.
There was also some discussion about the change in temperature requirements being brought about by the State
of Colorado and how that affects plant operations.
Joe Fuqua noted that the landscaping at the plant site has fared well with only two trees being lost, and those
would be replaced in the spring. Joe also noted that because electricity use is the highest budgeted expense for
the plant, he thought it made sense to research alternative power sources. He looked into using wind power, but
because of the initial expense and the fact that the return was not enough to make much of a difference, he did
not feel that it would be worth it. He also looked at methane, but noted that we would need to be processing 3
million gallons a day to get a useful amount of energy, at our highest peak we are only at 1.4 million gallons.
Another thought was to look into a bio-generator that would use wood chips produced from beetle kill trees
<;ince there are a lot of that resource now.
Committee Choice: Vince Turner noted that his District has had some discussion on the method of calculation
for capacity at the plant, noting that they felt that their share of expenses was not proportional to the actual
flows that they use. Vince said that they would probably bring this up for a more in depth discussion at a future
meeting.
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On another note, the Committee discussed having an Open House for the new plant sometime next summer.
fhe meeting then adjourned with a motion by Vince Turner and a second by Jon Westerlund. Motion carried.
The next meeting will be scheduled for April 2007 unless it is determined that there is a need to have one
sooner.
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